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East Bridgewater

Brownfield

East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts · Gas Recovery Systems Inc

Legacy capacity
6
MW

East Bridgewater is a natural gas plant in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, retired 2010-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 6 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.

Former use & capacity

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity6 MW
Retirement date2010-12-01
EIA plant ID#55584

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.2 mi
Operator address234 Thatcher Street, East Bridgewater, MA, 2333
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Site conditions & market — Plymouth County

County-level intelligence for this site's location — the power economics, water, hazard, connectivity, and workforce a developer screens before ever visiting. Assembled from FEMA NRI, BLS QCEW, FCC BDC, USGS water-use, and EIA.

Market & workforce

Total employment (laborshed)163,961
IT / tech employment405
Construction employment16,205
Land value$14,377/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate17.10¢/kWh
Industrial power rate16.37¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.4%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply68.1 MGD
Industrial water use0.7 MGD
Cooling degree days600
Mean annual temp49°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index22.0 · Relatively Low
Fiber providers5 · 72% served

County-level context — address-level utility offerings and flood zoning vary within the county. Confirm site-specific service with the utility and a Phase I ESA.

Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near East Bridgewater — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Mystic Generating Stationnatural gas plant2,84423.2 mi—
New Boston Generating Stationnatural gas plant71819.4 mi—
Potter Station 2natural gas plant10612.0 mi—
Kendall Square Stationnatural gas plant6021.4 mi—
General Electric Aircraft Enginesnatural gas plant5426.8 mi—
Exelon Edgar LLCoil plant2812.4 mi—
Cleary Flood Hybridoil plant2815.1 mi—
Mass Inst Tech Cntrl Utilities/Cogen Pltnatural gas plant2121.5 mi—

Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.

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Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near East Bridgewater, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near East Bridgewater
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
MYSTICSubstation-AdjacentMASuffolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs71.3
K STREETSubstation-AdjacentMASuffolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs71.2
KINGSTON STREETSubstation-AdjacentMASuffolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs66.3
NORTH CAMBRIDGESubstation-AdjacentMASuffolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs66.1
LEXINGTONSubstation-AdjacentMAMiddlesex County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs65.1
HYDE PARKSubstation-AdjacentMASuffolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs64.9
HOLBROOKSubstation-AdjacentMANorfolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs64.8
AUBURN STREETSubstation-AdjacentMANorfolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs64.5

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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.

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